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Promise of Blood
McClellan, Brian
fantasy
political fantasy with urban fantasy elements
past tense
third limited POV
~651 pp
high worldbuilding
Vibe
oppressive
chaotic
moral ambiguity
A dark fantasy. Expect rich worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence.
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Style Fingerprint
Prose density
72
sparsedense
Pacing
65
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone
25
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding
85
minimalmaximal
Char / plot
60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority
55
externalintrospective
Ending
15
unresolvedcathartic
Content
Sexual content
30%
noneexplicit
Speculative hardness
soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic
Structure & Cast
Structure
| Word count | 162,646 |
| Page count | ~651 pp |
| Prologue | — |
| Epilogue | — |
| Tense | past |